Brown, Wannie Howard

Passed: 1987-02-17

Age: 82

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Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1987-02-18

Information: Wannie Howard Brown, 82, of Fairdale, Raleigh County, died Tuesday in a Beckley hospital after a long illness.  He was the brother of Albert Brown of Ravenswood.  He was born in Edwight and was a retired miner for Raleigh-Wyoming Mining Co.  Also surviving:  sons, Alfred of Pittsford, N.Y., Robert E. and Noel G. of Beckley, Charles E. of Glen Daniel; daughters, Ethel Leopard of Beaver, Pa., Thelma Whitlock of Forest, Va., Ramona Covey of Fairdale, Juanita Goldsberry of Madison; brother, Claudia of Peachtree; sisters, Faye Napper of Ohio, Viv Turner of Sundial, Sarah Asbury of Madison, Lafone Mitchell of Massachusetts; 27 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren.  Services will be held at 1 p.m. tomorrow at the Melton Mortuary in Beckley with the Rev. Daniel Legg and the Rev. Bruce Brown officiating.  Burial will be at the Sunset Memorial Park, Beckley.